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Amidah-Vaeira-See Our Suffering
“The Lord spoke to Moses and said to him, 'I am God.' I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to...
Prayer Skills-Vaeira-The Name of Divine Providence
“The Lord spoke to Moses and said to him, 'I am God' (Exodus 6:2).” God, Who makes all happen...
Prayer Skills-Vaeira-Joy and Fear
“The Lord spoke to Moses and said to him, 'I am God' (Exodus 6:2).” Why does the Torah not te...
Prayer Skills-Vaeira-Solitude
We merit reabsorption into our spiritual roots, once again becoming part of the Unity of God,...
Prayer Skills-Redeeming Prayers
“You will direct their heart, You will cause Your ear to attend (Psalms 10:17).” This means t...
Prayer Skills-Vaeira-Joyful Prayer
When you perform a mitzvah for the sake of heaven, to fulfill the wishes of God, Who spoke an...
Morning Blessings-Vaeira-Bad Neighbors
“Keep far away from a bad neighbor (Avot 1:7).” Nowadays, in the time of exile, attaining the...
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Shema-Vaeira-Reciprocal Love
There is yet another righteous way, available to all and easily accessible, to arouse and kin...
Shema-Vaeira-Truth and Faith
We are required to believe completely in Divine Providence, which is the source of everything...
Taking It With You-Vaeira-Levels of Fear
The cry of the Children of Israel to God when they were in Egypt was because of the fear of p...
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Hallel-Rosh Chodesh Shevat-Sixth Paragraph
Based on the Kavanot for Rosh Chodesh Shevat: Teshuva: We begin our Returning in Love by: “G...
Hallel-Rosh Chodesh Shevat-Fourth Paragraph
“What can I respond to God for all the good He has given to make me independent? I will ...
Hallel-Rosh Chodesh Shevat-Fifth Paragraph
“All you nations; Praise God! Sing compliments, all you peoples! ...
Hallel-Rosh Chodesh Shevat-Third Paragraph
“God remembered us and will bless – Bless the House of Israel – Bless the House of Aaron – Bl...
Hallel-Rosh Chodesh Shevat-Second Paragraph
“When Israel left Egypt, Jacob’s family from among a people who spoke a strange language, Jud...
Hallel-Rosh Chodesh Shevat-First Paragraph
“Hallelukah! Praise, you who ...
| Shir ha-Shirim XI: Part Two: Learning to Sing the Torah: Sefirah 1 |
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 We have learned: Rabbi Akiva said: “Far be it from anyone in Israel to dispute that the Song of Songs renders the hands unclean (the Rabbis ruled that scrolls of the Bible should render the hands unclean, so as to prevent them
being handled disrespectfully. With respect to the Song of Songs, however, some hold that there was a dispute), for the whole world only existed, so to speak, for the day on which the Song of Songs was given to it. Why so? Because all of the Writings are Holy, and this is Holy of Holies. (Shir Hashirim Rabbah 1.1:11, part two)
On the second night of Pesach we begin to count the Omer, the 49 steps that take us from Pesach to Shavuot, the day of the Revelation at Sinai. Rabbi Akiva is reminding us that God refers to the Torah itself as a Song, and just as the world exists only in the merit of Torah, so too, the world exists only in the merit of those being able to sing the Song of Torah, the Song of Songs with the same joy they Torah was sung by God to Israel at Sinai.
On this, the first night of the counting of the Omer, we commit ourselves to strive over the next 49 days to join in the Song of Torah, the Song of Songs.  |
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